"Time's Person of the Year: You" by Lev Grossman
December 13, 2006
Summary: This article talks about the world, as a collective force, coming together and making something that could be great. We are now shaping what the future will bring.
Response: Grossman's article was a nice change of pace. Instead of writing about the horrors of the recent web, he considers it an accomplishment. He praises the human race for coming together and being able to share ourselves with one another. I agree that it is an accomplishment of commonality between mankind; however, some of what is available needs to be taken with a grain of salt. If someone makes a YouTube video of the end of the world, there is no need to go hide in a bomb shelter, but rather praise their creativity. As long as people have an understanding of what is credible and not, the world is not at an eminent threat of destruction by the Web 2.0 which others fear.
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